Re: 'patch' behaviors

Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:
 
> So... what to do? Python tests 7, 8, 9 are all failing due to
> different side-effects of this patch bug. Is the best solution just
> to have autoconf look for (and require) GNU patch?

Heh, I'll tell you what the *best* solution is: use the internalized
diff/patch library that CVS does. Not only do we get consistency, but
we have no external dependency on 'patch' or 'diff' at all, which is a
big bonus for Win32.

Of course, this is all just a pipe dream, since CVS's diff/patch
library is GPLed (it comes out of the GNU diffutils.) Maybe the FSF
would give us special permission to include an LGPLed copy in our
source tree.

Wishful thinking. :-)

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:32 2006